A software service has been launched by an Indian firm that claims to be an alternative to the controversial BlackBerry services that have run into rough weather with the government over data interception.

The new service, known as “Bharat Berry“, was formally launched by Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on 29th October, 2010.

From in.news.yahoo.com:

“The issue that the online usage of BlackBerry phones cannot be monitored by the government will be fully-solved with our service ”Bharat Berry”, a country made compliant product designed keeping in consideration with all necessary Indian laws and works with all BlackBerry and other phones,” Data Infosys Ltd founder and CEO Ajay Data told PTI here. He said in order to enable access to the services, including emails, users will be charged Rs 100 per month, and to ensure access and synchronization of calendar and contacts, they will have to pay Rs 50 per month.

The Bharat Berry software can be purchased online and downloaded from the website. “The service provides advanced push-mail on BlackBerry handsets and ensures that the user remains connected to email, calendar and contacts through the servers hosted in India,” said Data.

“It also provides over-the-air (OTA) synchronization of calendar and contacts to outlook, so there will be no need to take backup of attach with the computer,” he said, adding that the unique service was developed with months of hard work. Bharat Berry works through a mix of its very advanced email server known as XGeNPlus and open source technologies.

It is worthwhile to note here that servers of Bharat Berry are hosted in India and in compliance with security demands.